Corruption in the developing world
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Corruption in the developing world
（The politics of corruption / series editor: Robert Williams, 2）（An Elgar reference collection）
Edward Elgar, c2000
Available at 27 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
A discussion of corruption. The articles illustrate and explain the scope, incidence and consequences of corruption in a variety of political settings in the developed and developing world, addressing issues such as corruption in the Mexican political system and OTRAG in Zaire.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: corruption, machine politics, and political change, James C. Scott
- personal rulership, patrimonialism, and empire-building in the New States, Guenther Roth
- political clientelism and development - a preliminary analysis, Rene Lemarchand and Keith Legg. Part 2 The evidence: the peasant view of the bad life, F.G. Bailey
- political corruption in Latin America, Walter Little
- corruption and the Mexican political system - continuity and change, Stephen D. Morris
- attempts at drug control in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, Kai Ambos
- democratization and institutionalized corruption in Paraguay, R. Andrew Nickson
- rape of sovereignty - OTRAG in Zaire, Kallu Kalamiya
- disengagement from the state in Africa - reflections on the experience of Ghana and Guinea, Victor Azarya and Naomi Chazan
- states and statelessness in late-20th-century Africa, Jennifer A. Widner
- from prebendalism to predation - the political economy of decline in Nigeria, Peter Lewis
- corruption and mismanagement in Botswana - a best-case example? Kenneth Good
- patrimonialism and military rule in Indonesia, Harold Crouch
- oligarchs and cronies in the Philippine State - the politics of patrimonial blunder, Paul D. Hutchcroft
- political, parties, factions and corruption in Thailand, James Ockey
- the market for public office - why the Indian state is not better at development, Robert Wade
- understanding political corruption in contemporary Indian politics, Gurharpal Singh. (Part contents)
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